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LinkedIn Corp (LNKD): Today's Featured Internet Winner

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LinkedIn (
LNKD) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, LinkedIn rose $3.27 (1.9%) to $179.27 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.3 million shares of LinkedIn exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $174.30-$181.45 after having opened the day at $176.01 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $176. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were:
Remark Media (
MARK), up 13.6%,
LookSmart (
LOOK), up 11.2%,
Yelp Inc Class A (
YELP), up 5.4%, and
Global Sources (
GSOL), up 5.3%.

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LinkedIn Corporation operates an online professional network. LinkedIn has a market cap of $15.85 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 932, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 53.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate LinkedIn a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates LinkedIn as a
sell. The area that we feel has been the company's primary weakness has been its disappointing return on equity.